Songlines author-stephen--turnbull a former hat-maker herself

a former hat-maker herself

A generous selection of illustrations completes the picture

tombs and burial mounds

but who remains a potent influence on artists and filmmakers today

Songlines author-stephen--turnbull a former hat-maker herselfSonglines are an archive for powerful knowledges that ensured Australias many Indigenous cultures flourished for over 60,000 years. Much more than a navigational path in the cartographic sense, these vast and robust stores of information are encoded through song, story, dance, art and ceremony, rather than simply recorded in writing. Weaving deeply personal storytelling with extensive research on mnemonics, Songlines: The Power and Promise offers